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About us

The Artistic Faculty at the University of Gothenburg is Scandinavia’s largest faculty of fine, applied and performing arts, with an internationally unique combination and breadth of education and research across today’s most important forms of artistic expression.

Our departments

Our subjects cover design, film, photography, free art, crafts, literary design, music and performing arts, with niches such as jewellery art and opera. The faculty has approximately 1,400 full-time students, 40 doctoral students and 380 employees. Within the faculty, teacher training is also conducted in the subjects of visual arts, sloyd, music, dance and theater.

HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design
HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design at the University of Gothenburg – is one of the Nordic region’s leading environments…
Academy of Music and Drama
The Academy of Music and Drama trains and educates composers, music, dance, and drama teachers, musical theatre artists,…

Konstnärliga

The Artistic Faculty is developing new premises at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg – Konstnärliga. It will bring the faculty’s disciplines together under one roof, with facilities for education, research and artistic practice. Konstnärliga will also be a new meeting place in the heart of the city for culture, knowledge exchange and interaction between academia and society.

Our research and education environments
Today, the Artistic Faculty is located across five sites in Gothenburg, as well as in Steneby, 170 kilometres north of…
ArtMonitor
ArtMonitor is the imprint of the Artistic Faculty that publishes Licentiate and Doctoral dissertations; a book series; and a…
Collaborations and networks
The Artistic Faculty interacts with the surrounding society in many ways.
Honorary Doctors
The University of Gothenburg has appointed honorary doctors since 1907. Originally, the idea was to honor people who did not…
Photo: Johan Wingborg

Torsten and Wanja Söderberg's professorship in Design Management

Torsten and Wanja Söderberg's professorship in Design Management will develop new knowledge and new practices in the meeting between artistic design practice, scientific theory, practice in management and business economics. Subject orientation may change over time, but should always be in the areas of design and economics. The professorship is not limited in time.

In 2007, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation donated SEK 40 million to the Artistic Faculty and the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.

Elena Raviola, holder of the professorship

Elena Raviola, researcher at HDK-Valand, is the holder of the professorship since September 1, 2018.

Former holders:

  • Lisbeth Svengren Holm
  • Ulla Johansson
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